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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Play Moby	5	3.46	+1.54
Live At The Regal B.B. King	5	3.67	+1.33

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Nothing's Shocking Jane's Addiction	1	3.17	-2.17
Buenas Noches From A Lonely Room Dwight Yoakam	1	2.6	-1.6
The Specials The Specials	2	3.3	-1.3
Are You Experienced Jimi Hendrix	3	4.15	-1.15

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R.E.M.

4/5

One Nation Under A Groove

Funkadelic

3/5

Some great stuff here, but very little of it really hooked me. Also, way more talk about poop than I normally like in my music.

Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music

Ray Charles

3/5

Absolutely not the right Ray Charles album to put on a list like this, but it still ain't bad.

Dusty In Memphis

Dusty Springfield

3/5

It's good, but not for me.

Odelay

Beck

4/5

Damn, that Scientologist sure can rock! Great album. "Sissyneck" and "High 5" are highlights.

Are You Experienced

Jimi Hendrix

3/5

Far be it from me to ever besmirch the great name of Jimi Hendrix. His highs are extremely high here, but I snoozed through a lot of the album. "Hey Joe" and "The Wind Cries Mary" are all-timers, but I didn't really connect with anything beyond the songs everybody knows. I'd love to give it an extra star, but there's just too much there that doesn't need to be there.

Exodus

Bob Marley & The Wailers

3/5

Reggae is a bottom-five genre for me, but it's still easy to tell that this is top-tier reggae. I can't really give it more than a three, but if I liked the genre, that number would be much higher.

Shaka Zulu

Ladysmith Black Mambazo

4/5

If there's a more beautiful album on this list, I'm going to be very surprised.

Live At The Regal

B.B. King

5/5

Now we're fucking talking. When he said, "It's my own fault, baby. Treat me the way you wanna do," I wanted to scream along with all the women in the audience.

Survivor

Destiny's Child

3/5

As is probably going to be the case with at least 50% of this list, this is not one of my genres. Still, it's obviously very well done. If it was my kind of thing, it'd be higher than a three.

Cheap Thrills

Big Brother & The Holding Company

3/5

Janis is obviously a force of nature, but this isn't really my thing.

The Specials

2/5

I have a complicated history with ska. I loved it when I was a teenager, but somewhere along the way, the part of my brain that was receptive to the genre broke, and now I can't stand it. The Specials feel very much like the blueprint for ska, so I respect them for that, but as I said, I don't like ska, so maybe that respect doesn't translate into a charitable rating from me.

Nothing's Shocking

Jane's Addiction

1/5

I can't imagine why anyone would put a Jane's Addiction list on any list of recommended albums, but here we are. The guitar work here is often great, but I like absolutely nothing else about this.

MTV Unplugged In New York

Nirvana

4/5

I prefer electric to acoustic, but Kurt was wonderful and this is an undeniable classic.

Under Construction

Missy Elliott

3/5

This isn't my thing, but Missy is great and there's some good stuff here.

There's No Place Like America Today

Curtis Mayfield

3/5

The music here is great, but this is my first proper exposure to Mayfield and I didn't really care for his near-constant falsetto. Sorry!

James Brown Live At The Apollo

James Brown

3/5

Once again, not how I think they should've chosen to showcase the artist, but Brown is undeniably great. This feels like including a Beatles album, but it's Beatles '65. Not bad by any means, but not putting their absolute best foot forward.

Buenas Noches From A Lonely Room

Dwight Yoakam

1/5

I hate this shit, man. Like, I'm sure he's a talented artist, and this seems competently made. And maybe he's a great guy, I don't know. And this definitely could've been worse! But, man, I fucking hate modern popular country music.

Illmatic

Nas

3/5

Some real solid shit, but aside from the big songs, it didn't hit me as hard as I'd hoped it would.

I Should Coco

Supergrass

3/5

I've always gotten Supergrass and Superchunk confused. All I can ever remember is that I really like one of them. Turns out, Superchunk's the one I like. This isn't bad, it's just far too... Britpop for me.

Black Metal

Venom

3/5

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Moby

5/5

This was a HUGE album for me when it came out. I mean, yeah, since then we've realized Moby is kind of a dumbass, but damn, back in 1999, that white boy could mix. He introduced me to some great soul and gospel music, so whatever dumb bullshit he's done, this album still kicks ass.